PROUD MARY
(John C. Fogerty)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - 1969
Also recorded by:
Acid Drinkers; Agadoo Black Lace; Judy Allen; Amen Corner;
Ed Ames; Lynn Anderson; Alex Baerendsen; Boz & Friends;
Brush Arbor; Solomon Burke; Checkmates Ltd.; Tom Corbett;
Cosmo Alpha; The Countdown Singers; Ian Cussick;
Dr. Mambo's Combo; Ducks Deluxe; Bill Emerson; Will Faeber;
Godfrey Daniel; Hackberry Ramblers; Woody Herman; Hit Crew;
Jackie Ivory; Jinx; Anthony Armstrong Jones; George Jones;
Tom Jones; Jubirt Sisters; Bert Kaempfert; The Kendalls;
Frankie Laine; James Last; Brenda Lee; Leningrad Cowboys;
Hopeton Lewis; Enoch Light; Don Lincoln; Helmut Lotti;
Henry Mancini; Leonard Nimoy; Johnny Otis; Billy Paul;
Peewees; Petards; Sonny Phillips; Wilson Pickett;
Elvis Presley; Marvin Rainwater; Boots Randolph;
Tommy Roe; Royal Blues; Satan & Adam; Shirley Scott;
Sea Cruz; Neil Sedaka; The Shadows; Soundalikes;
The Spiders; Spiral Starecase; Stars at Studio 99;
Starsound Orch.; Status Quo; Ross Stephens; Studio 99;
Taylor Thompson; The Tremeloes; Ike & Tina Turner;
Conway Twitty; The Ventures; Junior Walker & the All-Stars.
Left a good job in the city
Working for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleeping
Worrying 'bout the way things might have been
Big wheel keeps on Turin'
Proud Mary keeps on burning
Rollin', rolling, rolling on the river
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Pumped a lot of tain down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen
Big wheel keeps on turning
Proud Mary keeps on burning
Rollin', rolling, rolling on the river (2x)
If you come down to the river
Bet you gonna find some people who live
You don't have to worry 'cause you have [if you got] no money
People on the river are happy to give
Big wheel keeps on Turin'
Proud Mary keeps on burning
Rollin', rolling, rolling on the river (2x)
Rollin', rolling, rolling on the river (3x)
*****
As sung by Ike & Tina Turner - 1971
Y' know, every now and then
I think you might like to hear something from us
Nice and easy
But there's just one thing
You see we never ever do nothing
Nice and easy
We always do it nice and rough
So we're gonna take the beginning of this song
And do it easy
Then we're gonna do the finish rough
This is the way we do "Proud Mary"
And we're rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
Listen to the story
I left a good job in the city
Working for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleeping
Worrying 'bout the way things might have been
Big wheel keep on turning
Proud mary keep on burning
And we're rolling, rolling
Rolling on the river
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Pumped a lot of tane down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
Till I hitched a ride on a riverboat queen
Big wheel keep on turning
Proud mary keep on burning
And we're rolling, rolling
Rolling on the river
If you come down to the river
I bet you gonna find some people who live
You don't have to worry if you got no money
People on the river are happy to give
*****
